King from scratch

Lincoln, who returned from the kingdom to the Everfree Forest, brought back the news of the kingdom's expansion, as well as the king's promise - if the Everfree Forest becomes the territory of the kingdom, then the extinct creatures and plants will also be revived in the Everfree Forest.

This promise made the neutral faction choose the king.

This is the cause of the infighting in Everfree Forest.

The situation in the Everfree Forest is different from that of the Salfa Federation and the Arcane Academy. It is not a political body, has no political body, and has no leader. It can only be regarded as a special ethnic settlement.

Because of the special connection between Druids and Treants and nature, they hate and even hostile to all acts of destroying nature.

In the early days, that is, before the dark age, because of this characteristic, treants and druids had conflicts with almost every intelligent race on the continent.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that they have fought against all races—all races here refer to the creations created by God the Father, and other races that border this world after the Dark Age are not included.

It doesn't seem too much to ask intelligent beings not to destroy nature.

But the tree people and druids' definition of "not destroying nature" is that ending the life of animals and plants is equivalent to destroying nature.

Intelligent creatures that hunt prey in order to survive: ? ? ?

This means that the contradictions between intelligent creatures and druids cannot be reconciled.

After druids and treants aroused the wrath of all races and were attacked by the united races, in order to preserve the race, treants and druids had to retreat to the endless forest and no longer interfere in the affairs of the mainland.

It was also because of this war that two factions with different ideas evolved within the druids, the extremist faction and the neutral faction.

The extremists are druids who uphold the most primitive concepts. They are hostile to all intelligent creatures and never leave the endless forest.

The neutral faction has improved slightly. They hate intelligent creatures, but not to the point of hostility. Occasionally, neutral faction druids will leave the endless forest and walk on the mainland.

There is no distinction between neutrals and extremists. Compared with intelligent creatures, they are more like a part of nature. Most of the time they are asleep, and a small part of them are awake, and they rarely think about unnecessary things.

The treeman has a very close relationship with the druid. The treeman is the mentor of the druid, guiding the druid to communicate with nature; while the druid looks after the sleeping treeman and protects the endless forest from the invasion of other intelligent creatures.

Under this premise, the news brought back by Lincoln intensified the conflict between the two parties.

The neutrals don't care about the expansion of the kingdom's territory, they only care about the resurrection of extinct creatures in the endless forest.

The extremists regard the expansion of the kingdom's territory as the invasion of the endless forest by intelligent creatures. This is a declaration of war!

The neutral faction communicated with the extremist faction many times, and even the tree people were pulled to adjust the increasingly pervasive smell of gunpowder, but it didn't work.

No one can convince anyone, and the differences in ideas completely exploded before the bait given by the kingdom.

"I've had enough, why are we always compromising? You stubborn bastards! We won't compromise this time."

"Stupid and weak! This is a conspiracy by humans to invade the Everfree Forest! Don't you understand those greedy intelligent creatures? They will only destroy nature and everything. You are destroying the Everfree Forest!"

"It's the same thing again. This world is completely different from what you know. Cutting down trees and hunting prey is already a few epochs ago."

"But the greed and short-sightedness of intelligent creatures will never change. In order to get food, to decorate caves, and to show off their strength, they continue to plunder nature. They are parasites that live on the mainland!"

"Extinct creatures..."

"Intelligent creatures cannot be trusted..."

After repeated quarrels and failed to reach an agreement, they finally embarked on the road of persuading each other by force.

The extremists and the centrists use the area where the tree people sleep as the middle area, and the carnival of plants is staged on both sides.

All of this has not been noticed by the outside world. The vegetation coverage in the Everfree Forest is extremely high. The well-preserved virgin forest obscures the sight of the outside world and also conceals the traces of conflict between the druids.

When the players were fighting against the Arcane Academy, there was a battle in the Everfree Forest that was far more intense than theirs.

Plants occupy every corner of the forest, animals roar in the distance, and the endless forest wakes up under the call of druids.

"We're fighting." The system was not surprised by this development.

He Xingwen flipped through the letter brought by Chi Qing. It was written on a leaf with gaudy handwriting, and it was not at all obvious that the other party was in a fierce conflict.

"Extremists and neutrals?" He Xingwen pulled out some food and sprinkled it on the window sill.

Standing on the window sill with one foot, Chiqing with blue-gray wings jumped aside twice, avoiding the food he spilled in disgust.

He Xingwen sat back at the table, took out the paper and pen, thought for a second, wrote a few lines, and then rolled it up and handed it to Chiqing. Chiqing lowered his head, bit the paper with his curved beak, flapped his wings, and returned to the in the sky.

The blue-gray wings show a streamer-like color under the light, and when they fly high, they look like a painting imprinted in the sky... It seems natural that this kind of creature is on the verge of extinction because of its excessive beauty.

But now it seems that there are still a lot of Chi Qing living in the Everfree Forest.

In the well-preserved virgin forest, there is an unspoiled ecological environment, as well as many animals and plants that have disappeared from the outside world.

Light and Shadow followed He Xingwen's gaze to look at Chiqing in the sky. The database diligently gave its information, and there was nothing worthy of the system's attention.

The system can't understand He Xingwen's appreciation of Chiqing's beauty. As an intelligent life, even if it looks like a human being, it is just an illusion.

Different life forms will only form different individuals in the end.

The system withdrew its gaze and continued: "It will be a matter of time before the two conflicts erupt. Too extreme ideas will eventually lead to the road of eliminating dissidents. This has nothing to do with their subjective wishes. The word extreme means that it cannot be compared with other ideas. Ideas are compatible."

Chi Qing flew extremely fast and disappeared from He Xingwen's sight in an instant.

He Xingwen looked away and looked at the system: "Judging from this letter, Lincoln didn't intend to let the kingdom intervene."

"This is the internal conflict of the druids. If the kingdom is involved, it will deteriorate." System: "Do you want to intervene?"

He Xingwen expressed deep sympathy for the current situation of the mages: "After having the equipment that can destroy the mage tower, the players are obviously going out of control."

"In terms of the ability of a mage, if the player's behavior exceeds their acceptable range, the mage is fully capable of suppressing their behavior."

For example, re-opening the Ethernet that is on the verge of limit, allowing players to return to the first stage of consuming Ethernet energy with constant death.

The system is realistic: "Appropriate pressure will only make them make choices faster."

However, since He Xingwen said so, even if he denied his reasons, the system still came up with the optimal solution for his request: "It is difficult for players to intervene in the internal strife of Druids to give full play to their advantages. On the contrary, the endless forest completely restrains player."

The Everfree Forest is a vast and well-preserved primeval forest, and the druids' ability to control plants is enough for them to turn every inch of the Everfree Forest into a place of death full of murderous opportunities.

This allows Everfree to have an almost ether-like comprehensive defense capability.

But unlike ether, plants are alive, and defense and offense are a link in the ecological chain, which does not require endless consumption of druid energy.

On Earth, most plants do not have the ability to attack, but after the influence of the ether gradually deepened, mutated plants began to appear, affecting human life.

It seems that it is not difficult to understand that the plants in this world full of ether are more aggressive.

Players can charge-death-charge to drain aether energy, but not druid energy in the same way.

"If you want to intervene in the druid's internal strife, the iron-eater ant is the best choice," the system proposed his optimal solution: "This is a powerful threat enough to calm down the extremist druid."

"The only question is whether it is the right time for us to intervene now." System: "If the time is not right, then an overly strong threat may make the infighting Druids stand on the united front against the expansion of the kingdom."

forum.

"What happened to the druid?" "

[Original: What the hell?I just got a quest from the Ents. 】

[? ? ?Tree people still send missions?Isn't it a mascot?Or are you talking about the Ent I know? 】

[No, isn't there only one treant on the territory of the kingdom?So he can talk? 】

[So what mission did you take? 】

[Original: Let me urge the druid to come back...]

[Speaking of which, a group of druids did leave before, it seems that those druids disappeared at the same time as the mage? 】

【Um? {Suddenly alert.jpg}Druids are going to fight the kingdom too? 】

[No way, the Mage hasn't finished playing yet, and then open a new main task, are the players busy? 】

[Based on the planning brain circuit, he wouldn't think so much. 】

[This task sounds simple, doesn't it?Why did the landlord come up with such a scary title? 】

【Simple? {Funny.jpg}I'm afraid you haven't been to the Everfree Forest.The player couldn't even enter the forest, and stepped on the ground of the endless forest, and returned to the city in the next second to be resurrected. 】

[Druid's combat power, are you kidding me? 】

[So, since druids are so strong, have any players successfully changed jobs?Begging for a career change strategy! ! ! 】

[Well...how about you fight a little bit more to see if you can go to Ai Zhijin to exchange for an advanced profession of beast whisperer? 】

[What, advanced professions are open for exchange? 】

[It was opened early. After the mage's large-scale mission started, Anuta secretly updated the advanced profession exchange to the product list. 】

[The main reason is that I can't afford it, and secondly, I have already changed my job as a blacksmith. 】

[This setting is too inhumane. Even if a person can only transfer to one official occupation, at least give the player the opportunity to give up the original occupation, so that the player has the opportunity to change to other occupations. 】

[It's okay, even if you haven't changed your job, you can't exchange it, astronomical warning. 】

[Garbage games, if you don’t open krypton gold channels, you will close down sooner or later. 】

[There are too many slots upstairs, nothing to say. 】

[Closing down is impossible, this thing is run by the state. 】

[Hey, this topic is running away, so the host, the tree man sent you this mission, but didn't give you any defensive weapons, or any amulets that won't be attacked? 】

[Original: No, he said he asked me to urge the druid to come back as soon as possible. 】

[Point wax for the landlord. 】

[This task seems impossible to complete. 】

[I'm not deeply involved in the world, you've been cheated, there's no guarantee, you can walk into the endless forest, I'll stand on my head and eat shit on the spot. 】

[The flag upstairs is so proficient, it always feels like a frequent visitor to shit. 】

[However, the host, you haven’t said why you mentioned this title. The tree man urged the Druid to come back. Is there any direct connection with the Druid? 】

[The original poster: The reward for this task is: job transfer Druid. 】

【…? 】

[It's over, the druid may be dead. 】

【real or fake?With the favorability of tree people, how can this kind of mission be done?Could it be that the landlord, you have a positive relationship with the Shuren? 】

[Landlord: No, it’s also negative. 】

[Then how did you clear this task?Quickly share the strategy with my brother, and my brother will go to clear the mission now. 】

[Original: I don’t know either. I was just doing the druid’s daily tasks, but I was suddenly stopped by the tree man... Wait, it seems that this task can be shared? 】

【! ! ! 】

[The planning is promising, and I finally know that tasks can be shared. 】

【Original poster, it's time to contribute to the players. It's up to you whether everyone can change jobs to druids. 】

[Wait a minute, did you forget something?What are the conditions for this task to be completed?Helping the tree man to urge the druid to come back is complete? 】

[Original: The condition for completing the task is to let the druid return to the kingdom within the time limit. 】

[I just said, the planning is not that kind. How many days has it been since the server was launched in this game, and there is not a single druid who has changed his job. How can the planning allow players to get something for nothing? Don’t forget, that is His Majesty the King (sound) 】

[So, the difficulty of the mission is, first, enter the Everfree Forest alive, second, find the druid named Lincoln, third, let the druid return to the kingdom on time within the time limit...]

[This 'within the time limit' is full of hints, so something happened to Everfree Forest? 】

[The landlord, you said it so simple at the beginning?I thought the planner really found out. 】

[Landlord: Did I stop writing the title?Did something happen to the druid? 】

[Judging from the requirements of this mission, something must have happened. 】

【Old Landlord, you join the group, let's discuss how to cooperate to complete this task. 】

While the player accidentally received the key task of becoming a druid, the task of the Arcane Academy is also in full swing.

Because of the appearance of the imitation ether energy hedger, the enthusiasm of the players to complete the task soared rapidly, so that in just a few days, two more mage towers suffered misfortune. We make a choice as soon as possible.

He Xingwen soon received a reply from Lincoln, who directly rejected his offer of help.

He Xingwen decided to respect the other party's choice, not to intervene hastily, and just watched from the sidelines.

So, on a sunny afternoon, the iron-eating ants scattered on the kingdom's territory began to migrate.

Players who came for the Druid profession are scratching their heads on how to enter the Everfree Forest.

Unlike the mission of the Arcane Academy, this mission is not a large-scale player mission. Only some players who have not changed their profession and are interested in the Druid profession form a group, which means that they are not many in number and their combat effectiveness is extremely low. .

Players are wandering in the forest of the kingdom, helpless.

The slowly migrating iron-eater ants appeared almost when the players were on the verge of giving up.

"Something is coming! Be alert!"

"what is that?"

"A bit familiar..."

"Oh, iron-eating ants."

From being vigilant for a moment when they noticed a slight rustling sound, to looking around vigilantly, and then suddenly breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the iron-eating ants, the players squatting in the depths of the kingdom's forest showed their attitudes towards the iron-eating ants. Ants know nothing.

"Isn't this everywhere outside the city? When did it appear in the forest?"

"I don't remember seeing them here before."

"Is this thing so reproductively capable?"

"It shouldn't be, isn't this a protected creature? Logically speaking, there should be very few of them, right?"

"I think it's outrageous that this thing is protecting creatures. It doesn't look good, it's not aggressive, and it's all over the place. No matter how you look at it, it should be just an ordinary reptile."

"Forget it, no matter so much, let's try another way..."

"Isn't it? Still coming? Seriously, I think the dungeon level requirements of Everfree Forest should be relatively high, and we can't beat it at this level."

At the beginning, because of the task rewards of the job-changing Druid, the number of players gathered was not small.

But after several attempts ended in death, the number of players dropped rapidly. Until now, there were only a hundred or so players left, holding on and not giving up.

"It's all come to this point, if you don't give it a try, you can only give up."

"I suspect that the planner didn't want people to complete this task."

"This is different from the mission of the Arcane Academy. It doesn't just need to die more to be successful, and basically all players participated in the mission of the Arcane Academy. How many players participated in this mission? The combat power is completely incomparable."

The players ignored the increasing number of iron-eating ants, and once again fell into the debate of giving up or persisting.

During this process, players left the field one after another again.

The remaining players tried a few more times, and returned to the city one by one, and the players who returned to the forest waved the branches and muttered: "Is it my illusion or is it true that the iron-eating ants are everywhere? "

Accidentally stepped on an iron-eating ant again, so that the player who jumped out of a system warning hurriedly retracted his foot, watching this iron-eating ant slowly crawl over another iron-eating ant, suddenly alert, three or two Climb up the tree trunk and look at the land under your feet.

"Fuck! Don't leave! Come up quickly."

"What's the matter? I haven't reached my destination yet."

"Why are you here? Are you making such a fuss? Ya Xiong is here?"

"No, the sub-bears are not in this position, don't they always stay in the center of the forest?"

"Stop talking nonsense, you guys hurry up."

The crowd climbed up the tree in twos and threes. Thanks to the countless deaths at the gate of the endless forest, they all practiced a good ability to climb the tree quickly-although it was useless.

In Everfree Forest, everything is a bringer of death, including trees.

It was a literal, death hell.

Even just one foot into the Everfree Forest will quickly activate this hell, and then be killed by leaves/vines/dirt or even grass.

It was as if the entire forest had developed a will of its own, attacking all outsiders.

This is also the reason why players give up on a large scale after several failed attempts-Ethernet is still a dead thing manipulated by mages, but this one is alive.

The crowd climbed the tree and looked down from a height.

Among the rotting leaves and swaying branches, iron-eating ants are almost everywhere as far as the eye can see, densely packed, all over the ground.

Because iron-eating ants are too common (there are such things in most places outside the kingdom), players habitually ignore it.

But from a height, they are densely scattered on the ground, even more than the area under their feet. Looking into the distance, between the trunks and branches, you can vaguely see the iron-eating ants crawling slowly on the forest floor in the distance.

"Fuck, is this thing protecting creatures or overproducing? This is too much."

"Wait a minute..." A player climbed down the tree: "Let's go around and have a look."

The players walked around the border line bordering the Everfree Forest at the innermost edge of the forest, but they couldn't find a place without iron-eating ants.

"Come on, let's go out of the forest and have a look."

Only when you walk out of the forest can you truly feel the presence of the iron-eating ants.

In the area where the plain borders the Everfree Forest, behind the invisible border, there are densely packed iron-eating ants lined up along the border until the end of the line of sight.

Because the border between the endless forest and the kingdom is too long, the iron-eating ants even formed a black line, stacked outside the endless forest, crawling slowly, as if obeying some rules, without crossing the line , did not leave.

The players looked from a distance, and in the long silence, someone was afraid of waking up, and whispered: "Are they surrounding the Everlasting Forest?"

While players linger outside the Everfree Forest due to unexpected developments, the kingdom has its long-awaited guest.

The mage knocked on the kingdom's gate, bringing their final decision.